Jimmy Lydon: movies and TV shows
Jimmy Lydon has 154 credits in the archive: 73 films and 81 TV series, from 1939 to 1984. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1939 – 1984 · busiest year: 1957 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The World of Tomorrow | Bud Middleton (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Harold O'Shea | TV | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Bartender | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Guard at Plant Entrance | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Jeweler | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | McGivers | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Doctor | TV | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1977 | Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion | Muggeridge | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1976 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | Admiral Taylor | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1976 | Vigilante Force | Tom Cousy | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1976 | The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Jim Pickett | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen | Radio Actor | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects | Actor | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Wyatt | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Barrow | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Waters | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | TV | 7.3 | 51 | |
| 1973 | Bonnie's Kids | Motel Manager | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1972 | Michael O'Hara the Fourth | John Stevens | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 48 | |
| 1971 | Scandalous John | Grotch | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1971 | Cannon | Betting Clerk | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1971 | The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove | Jim Durden | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Photographer | TV | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Luke Mills | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1969 | The Learning Tree | Film | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | TV | 7.2 | 45 | |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Tyler | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Harvey Shore | TV | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1968 | Assignment to Kill | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1967 | Countdown | Film | 5.8 | 44 | |
| 1966 | An American Dream | Film | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Joey Witner | TV | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Church | TV | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1965 | Mister Roberts | TV | 8.3 | 42 | |
| 1964 | Many Happy Returns | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1963 | Temple Houston | TV | 6.0 | 40 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Reporter (uncredited) | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Roger Pitt | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1961 | The Last Time I Saw Archie | Pvt. Billy Simpson (as James Lydon) | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Ben Roberts | TV | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Harry | TV | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Gil Soames | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1960 | The Hypnotic Eye | Emergency Doctor (as James Lydon) | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1960 | I Passed for White | Jay Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Patrolman | TV | 8.5 | 36 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | Paul Anderson | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 35 | |
| 1958 | Lawman | Nat Davis | TV | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Smitty | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Dan Murdock | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Paul Decker | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 35 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 35 | |
| 1958 | Bronco | Deputy Roy Proudy | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Bronco | Allan Brierly | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Bronco | Shorty Dolan | TV | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | TV | 5.5 | 35 | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Frank Grant | TV | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Hotel Clerk | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Todd | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Clete Millikan | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | George Blair | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Terry McKenna | TV | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1957 | M Squad | Joseph Rinehart | TV | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Mark Turley | TV | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Joe Corbett | TV | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | Sam Devlin | TV | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1957 | Casey Jones | Johnny Ferguson | TV | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1957 | Chain of Evidence | Steve Nordstrom (as James Lydon) | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Hendricks | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Officer Evans | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Jim Tyler | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Saunders | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Evans | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | 1st Officer Evans | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1956 | Wire Service | Harris | TV | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | Squawk Hewitt | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Tom Fitch (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Baines | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Charlie Boggs | TV | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1955 | Navy Log | TV | 5.2 | 32 | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Lt. Fred Green | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Johnny Lane | TV | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1955 | Rage at Dawn | Dedrick | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Mr. Dennis | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | John Ferrari | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Wade Foster | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Jim Durden | TV | 7.9 | 31 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | John Stevens | TV | 7.9 | 31 |
| 1954 | Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | TV | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1954 | The Desperado | Tom Cameron | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Larry White | TV | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1953 | Revlon Mirror Theatre | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Murray, Dooley's navigator | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 29 | |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North | TV | 5.0 | 29 | |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 28 | |
| 1951 | Corky of Gasoline Alley | Skeezix Wallet | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna | Benton | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1951 | Gasoline Alley | Skeezix | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1950 | The First Hundred Years | TV | — | 27 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | D. Crockett Weeks | TV | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dinny | TV | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | TV | 6.7 | 27 | |
| 1950 | Tarnished | Junior Bunker | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1950 | Hot Rod | David Langham Jr. | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1950 | Destination Big House | Freddy Brooks | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1950 | September Affair | Johnny Wilson | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1950 | The Magnificent Yankee | Clinton | Film | 5.9 | 27 |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Charles 'Charlie' Fettles | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1949 | The Life of Riley | Simon Vanderhopper | TV | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1949 | Tucson | Andy Bryant | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1949 | An Old-Fashioned Girl | Tom Shaw | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1949 | Bad Boy | Ted Hendry (as James Lydon) | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Joe Forrester | Film | 5.7 | 26 |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc | Pierre d'Arc, Joan's younger brother | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1948 | The Time of Your Life | Dudley Bostwick | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1948 | Out of the Storm | Donald Lewis | Film | 7.3 | 25 |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Clarence Day Jr. | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1947 | Good News | Jimmy's Classmate (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 24 |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Ricky Latham | Film | 6.2 | 24 |
| 1947 | Sweet Genevieve | Bill Kennedy | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1946 | Affairs of Geraldine | Willy Briggs | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1945 | Strange Illusion | Paul Cartwright | Film | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1945 | Time to Kill | Lou | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1945 | Twice Blessed | Mickey Pringle | Film | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1944 | The Shining Future | Danny Ames | Film | 4.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | The Road to Victory | Danny Ames (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1944 | When the Lights Go On Again | Ted Benson | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Bob Harrison | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Henry Aldrich | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Henry Aldrich | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Henry Aldrich | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1944 | My Best Gal | Johnny McCloud | Film | 9.0 | 21 |
| 1943 | Aerial Gunner | Sandy Lunt | Film | 5.0 | 20 |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | Henry Aldrich | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Swings It | Henry Aldrich | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Henry Aldrich | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1942 | The Mad Martindales | Bobby Bruce Turner | Film | 7.5 | 19 |
| 1942 | A Letter From Bataan | Chuck Lewis | Film | 5.2 | 19 |
| 1942 | Henry and Dizzy | Henry Aldrich | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1942 | Cadets on Parade | Joe Novak | Film | 8.0 | 19 |
| 1942 | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Henry Aldrich | Film | 6.5 | 19 |
| 1941 | Henry Aldrich for President | Henry Aldrich | Film | 6.5 | 18 |
| 1941 | Naval Academy | Tommy Blake | Film | 9.0 | 18 |
| 1940 | Bowery Boy | Sock Dolan | Film | 6.0 | 17 |
| 1940 | Tom Brown's School Days | Tom Brown | Film | 7.4 | 17 |
| 1940 | Little Men | Daniel "Danny" Burdle | Film | 5.5 | 17 |
| 1939 | Back Door to Heaven | Young Frankie Rogers | Film | 4.8 | 16 |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds | David Carey | Film | 5.0 | 16 |
| 1939 | Home Early | Junior Doakes | Film | 8.0 | 16 |
| 1939 | The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair | Bud | Film | 6.6 | 16 |